diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal-dev.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal-dev.bb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..405a838a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal-dev.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012 Digi International.
+#
+DESCRIPTION = "DEL busybox based image (non graphical) suitable for development work."
+
+IMAGE_INSTALL = "task-del-core ${ROOTFS_PKGMANAGE} ${CORE_IMAGE_EXTRA_INSTALL}"
+
+IMAGE_LINGUAS = " "
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+
+inherit core-image
+
+IMAGE_FEATURES = "core-ssh-dropbear"
+IMAGE_FEATURES += "dev-pkgs"
+
+# Adding debug-tweaks will enable empty password login.
+# Note that adding debug-tweaks to EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES will not
+# allow for empty password logins.
+IMAGE_FEATURES =+ "debug-tweaks"
+
+# core-image disables the root password if debug-tweak is not enabled.
+# This override will use the shadow file instead.
+zap_root_password () {
+        sed 's%^root:[^:]*:%root:x:%' < ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/passwd >${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/passwd.new
+        mv ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/passwd.new ${IMAGE_ROOTFS}/etc/passwd
+}
+
+# remove not needed ipkg informations
+ROOTFS_POSTPROCESS_COMMAND += "remove_packaging_data_files ; "
diff --git a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
index 9acf7449d..6cf3c551a 100644
--- a/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
+++ b/meta-digi-del/recipes-core/images/del-image-minimal.bb
@@ -13,11 +13,6 @@ inherit core-image
 
 IMAGE_FEATURES = "core-ssh-dropbear"
 
-# Adding debug-tweaks will enable empty password login.
-# Note that adding debug-tweaks to EXTRA_IMAGE_FEATURES will not
-# allow for empty password logins.
-#IMAGE_FEATURES =+ "debug-tweaks"
-
 # core-image disables the root password if debug-tweak is not enabled.
 # This override will use the shadow file instead.
 zap_root_password () {